I just left this info for David Seaman under his newest video, which included lifting up a line from an email that we read when it first came out but, for some reason never flagged. Terrific that someone did AND there's even more.
FROM THE SAME EMAIL: https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/26903
Here's the money line:
"fresh, handmade tortillas flown in from Mexico the previous day, "
No one needs to fly handmade tortillas in at all, let alone a day ahead of time for any party. There are a million places in DC that make authentic handmade Mexican tortillas, which would actually be fresher if purchased the day of the party.
Googled "Washington, DC handmade mexican tortillas"
872, 000 returns
Gee, with Obama's $65,000 in pizza and hotdogs being flown in from Chicago and all these handmade tortillas being flown in from Mexico there is certainly a lot of "flying around" of food, isn't there?
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islandofdelight ago
Wow, how did this go un-noticed. Is is absurd for anyone to 'fly in' fresh tortilla's from Mexico... tortillas?? And from the day before no less...
"This is a family friendly event, so you should bring all children that are available"
This line is also very strange when you think about it. Why would you specifically ask people to bring 'all children that are available'? That's going well above and beyond a general family-friendly invitation.
amyrebeccajames ago
Islandofdelight - I LOVE TORTILLAS as in food. I live in Texas. We eat a lot of them here. If I am talking about a FRESH tortilla, I want it to be made within seconds of when it was put on my table. The day before is no longer a fresh tortilla. I live in Texas, and we get fresh tortillas at nearly every restaurant and grocery stores (still hot, or made on the other side of the restaurant moments before). Tortillas are a mixture of flour and water or cornmeal and water with very little else besides lard. You don't freaking FLY tortillas anywhere so you are right it is INCREDIBLY absurd. They could more easily hire a tortilla maker to come to their party and make them right there along with that entire roasted whole pig.
Freemasonsrus ago
Amen! The fact that the phrase "fresh tortillas" was added to "flown in the day before" makes absolutely no fucking sense in the world of Mexican food. Which makes it appear to be code. You'd literally have to be a retard to do that. And how exactly do you find the "flying tortilla company" in Mexico to order from? They couldn't overnight to arrive the day OF the party? IF this was actually true they are the dumbest fucks on planet earth and I want to sell them tortillas.
notintopizza ago
As a fellow Texan, I concur.
bopper ago
Texas, me too. The only way anybody serves tortillas is hot right out of the oven.
NakatomiBaby ago
As a Texan, I can confirm. You could keep them warm for the "flight" but they would just disintegrate when handled. If you microwave them you have about 15 min to eat before it turns hard and chewy.
alliecapone ago
When my friend's grandma would make them, we'd heat them up on the stove top just a little on each side to warm it through. It's almost as good as fresh. They didn't have a microwave, so we improvised
now I want legit tortillas...